Staff Pilot Test

0090 CORP-Corporate Office; United States; On-site; USD 214,000 - 321,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Staff Test Pilot for developmental test of military aircraft, located 100% on-site at Edwards AFB, CA. The role requires FAA qualifications, a DoD clearance, and extensive flight-test experience to verify airworthiness and performance.

Travel up to 25% may be required, with strict safety and system-testing responsibilities across programs. Responsibilities include coordinating with flight ops, engineers, customers, and IPTs to ensure mission success, writing test

Qualifications

• Bachelor degree plus 12 years of related experience.
• Master’s degree plus 10 years of related experience.
• PhD plus 9 years of related experience.
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain medical clearance and training qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Provide test pilot expertise to assigned programs and ensure man-machine interface issues are identified.
• Plan, develop and execute test flights to verify airworthiness and performance.
• Work with Flight Ops Manager and Engineering to ensure safe test operations.
• Collaborate with customer pilots and program IPTs for effective designs.
• Contribute to safety and test reporting, and develop test plans and manuals.
• Share lessons learned with other program pilots and support CoPs.

Skills

Flight testing experience

Pilot in Command 1,500 hours

FAA instrument rating

Security clearance

Leadership skills

Communication skills

DoD Top Secret clearance

Education

Bachelor's degree + 12 years related experience

Master’s +10 years related experience

PhD +9 years related experience

Job description

RELOCATION ASSISTANCE: Relocation assistance may be available CLEARANCE REQUIRED FOR START: Yes CLEARANCE TYPE: Secret TRAVEL: Yes, 25% of the Time

At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.

Northrop Grumman’s Test and Evaluation (T&E) organization is seeking a Staff Test Pilot for developmental test of military aircraft. Candidate may conduct demonstration flights with customers, government officials or other personnel to exhibit vehicle performance, flying qualities and system capabilities. Responsibilities include developing test techniques, assisting in cockpit/workstation design, working with flight test engineers creating test plans, developing test products, evaluating systems in the laboratory environment, simulation, ground test, flight test, and reporting on test results. Selected candidate must successfully complete initial and recurrent training and qualifications as a basis for continued employment.

Travel may be required up to 10% of the time. This position is located 100% on-site at Edwards AFB, CA.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Provides test pilot expertise to assigned programs; technology/research efforts to ensure man-machine interface issues and requirements are identified for new or modified aircraft designs
• Plan, develop and execute test flights on aircraft to verify airworthiness and performance capability; validate and verify compliance with specifications and to determine operational effectiveness and/or suitability
• Partners with Flight Ops Manager and Engineering team to ensure test team is conducting safe and effective ground and flight test operations
• Collaborates with customer pilots
• Engage with program IPTs and REs to ensure air vehicle and ground station designs/modifications are effective and suitable
• Provides test pilot inputs at FRR, TRRs and SRBs ensuring safe conduct of all NGAS flight test missions
• Ensures best practices and lessons learned are shared with other program pilots
• Provides engineering test pilot expertise and safety guidance to flight test engineers for design definition, simulator flights, test planning, flight test techniques, test conduct, test reporting and proposal preparation
• Provide test pilot inputs to System Safety to ensure safe conduct of flight test missions
• Provides pilot inputs into development of preliminary flight manuals and aircrew checklists
• Maintain proficiencies and currencies
• Promotes active involvement in flight test professional societies and industry forums; fully supports Test Communities of Practice (CoPs) and Flight Test Safety Summit

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor degree plus 12 years of related experience
• Master’s plus 10 years of related experience
• PhD plus 9 years of related experience
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain the appropriate medical clearance(s), as defined per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment.
• Must be willing to obtain and maintain all training qualifications, as needed per the customer’s contracting requirements, for the duration of your employment.
• Must have an active US Government secret clearance (with a background investigation within the past 6 years or enrolled into Continuous Evaluation).
• Must have the ability to obtain and maintain Special Access Program (SAP) clearance, within a reasonable amount of time as determined by business needs.
• FAA commercial Multi Engine instrument rated pilot
• Minimum of 1,500 hours of flight experience as Pilot in Command
• Current FAA Class II Medical or higher
• Military Test Pilot School (TPS) Graduate
• Experience in flight testing, with ability to work with engineering to develop solutions to integration issues, and to bridge between the customer users and Northrop Grumman designers.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current, proficient, and qualified in military aircraft
• Current DoD Top Secret clearance
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills
• Excellent communications skills, including the ability to brief test results to executive leadership

Primary Level Salary Range: $214,200.00 - $321,200.00

• The above salary range represents a general guideline; however, Northrop Grumman considers a number of factors when determining base salary offers such as the scope and responsibilities of the position and the candidate's experience, education, skills and current market conditions.
• Depending on the position, employees may be eligible for overtime, shift differential, and a discretionary bonus in addition to base pay.
• Annual bonuses are designed to reward individual contributions as well as allow employees to share in company results.
• Employees in Vice President or Director positions may be eligible for Long Term Incentives.

• health insurance coverage
• life and disability insurance
• savings plan
• Company paid holidays
• paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business

The application period for the job is estimated to be 20 days from the job posting date. However, this timeline may be shortened or extended depending on business needs and the availability of qualified candidates.

Northrop Grumman is an Equal Opportunity Employer, making decisions without regard to race, color, religion, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class. For our complete EEO and pay transparency statement, please visit http://www.northropgrumman.com/EEO.

U.S. Citizenship is required for all positions with a government clearance and certain other restricted positions.

We are a pioneering company. With careers across all areas: air, cyber, land, sea and space – our 90,000 employees work as one to defend and define the future. Northrop Grumman careers and internships are as varied as your interests, with a lifetime of potential that will give you every opportunity to do your best work. Working together with people from many backgrounds, personal passions and disciplines, we share a drive to push the boundaries of science, technology and engineering to meet the ever evolving needs of our customers worldwide.